Windows service in production?

[jyothi.nadu at gmail.com]

On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at 1:22:37 PM UTC+5:30, Tim Golden wrote:
> On 16/08/2011 05:32, snorble wrote:
> > Anyone know of a Python application running as a Windows service in
> > production? I'm planning a network monitoring application that runs as
> > a service and reports back to the central server. Sort of a heartbeat
> > type agent to assist with "this server is down, go check on it" type
> > situations.
> 
> Don't know what it'll take to inspire you with confidence, but I have
> several Python services running here without a hitch.
> The longest have been running for about three years -- not without
> a stop, since they have to be restarted for reasons external to the
> service itself.
> 
> There's no py2exe involved, just the pywin32 service wrappers. (The
> apps in question are also set up to run standalone for testing etc.).
> They're mostly around a helpdesk system: one app ingests email requests
> to the helpdesk; another post-processes call changes, currently to
> send out email alerts to interested parties; another triggers alarms
> on calls for various purposes, etc.
> 
> I don't claim they're the most sophisticated pieces of code on Earth,
> but it doesn't sound like you're after anything spectacular either.
> 
> TJG



hello everyone,


I want to run a python file as a service in my windows7 , I am trying but not getting the proper sollution and i have written a script for this but not executing properly and i need to work this with postgresql


import win32service
import win32serviceutil
import win32api
import win32con
import win32event
import win32evtlogutil
import os, sys, string, time
'''
C:\>python aservice.py  --username tarang --password 12345 --startup auto install
'''
class aservice(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
   
   _svc_name_ = "Trail Service"
   _svc_display_name_ = "Database Maintenance"
   _svc_description_ = "THis is what my crazy little service does - aka a DESCRIPTION! WHoa!"
         
   def __init__(self, args):
           win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework.__init__(self, args)
           self.hWaitStop = win32event.CreateEvent(None, 0, 0, None)          

   def SvcStop(self):
           self.ReportServiceStatus(win32service.SERVICE_STOP_PENDING)
           win32event.SetEvent(self.hWaitStop)                    
         
   def SvcDoRun(self):
      import servicemanager      
      servicemanager.LogMsg(servicemanager.EVENTLOG_INFORMATION_TYPE,servicemanager.PYS_SERVICE_STARTED,(self._svc_name_, ''))
     

      self.timeout = 120000     #120 seconds / 2 minutes

      while 1:
         # Wait for service stop signal, if I timeout, loop again
         rc = win32event.WaitForSingleObject(self.hWaitStop, self.timeout)
         # Check to see if self.hWaitStop happened
         if rc == win32event.WAIT_OBJECT_0:
            # Stop signal encountered
            servicemanager.LogInfoMsg("TrailVersion - STOPPED!")
            break
         else:
               
                 try:
                     file_path = "D:\Tarang\Project\form1.py"
                     execfile(file_path)             

                     inc_file_path2 = "D:\Tarang\Project\reter1.py"
                     execfile(inc_file_path2)        

                     inc_file_path2 = "D:\Tarang\Project\exporting.py"
                     execfile(inc_file_path2)        
                 except:
                     pass
                 


def ctrlHandler(ctrlType):
   return True
                 
if __name__ == '__main__':  
   win32api.SetConsoleCtrlHandler(ctrlHandler, True)  
   win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(aservice)